Test your hard drive. HDDScan is a freeware software for hard drive diagnostics (RAID arrays servers, Flash USB and SSD drives are also supported). The program can test storage device for errors (Bad-blocks and bad sectors), show S.M.A.R.T. Attributes and change some HDD parameters such as AAM, APM, etc. DOWNLOAD - Version 4.1. A set of diagnostics tests that help identify potential hardware issues. Preinstalled, easy to use, and they operate either independent of, or within your operating system. HOW DO I USE DIAGNOSTICS?
If you're running into issues with your Western Digital mass storage device, it might be time to use a specialized utility to analyze it. With Western Digital Data Lifeguard Diagnostics, you've got a few options to scan for errors.
The program interface of Western Digital Data Lifeguard Diagnostics is a little old school, but after installation and execution of it, you've given a list of detected connected disk drives.
Upon right clicking the affected Western Digital hard drive, you can perform either a quick test or extended test, both of which may take some time depending on the physical size of the drive in question.
Western Digital Data Lifeguard Diagnostics also provides a couple of additional tools, mainly the erase function which will erase the data currently stored on the drive.
Finally the 'View test results' function will display a list of issues detected. It doesn't appear that this diagnostics tool provides any fixes or repairs for affected drives, but at least you know where the issues lay if a scan is successful.
It's interesting to note the diagnostics tools also work on other hard drive vendors.
Western Digital Data Lifeguard Diagnostics 1.37.0 on 32-bit and 64-bit PCs
This download is licensed as freeware for the Windows (32-bit and 64-bit) operating system on a laptop or desktop PC from drive utilities without restrictions. Western Digital Data Lifeguard Diagnostics 1.37.0 is available to all software users as a free download for Windows.
Filed under:
- Western Digital Data Lifeguard Diagnostics Download
- Freeware Drive Utilities
- Major release: Western Digital Data Lifeguard Diagnostics 1.37
- Hard Disk Testing Software
Capabilities and Requirements:
Supported storage devices:
- IDE (ATA) and SATA HDD.
- SCSI (SAS) HDD.
- External USB drives and all major USB boxes (see Appendix A).
- FireWire or IEEE 1394 HDD (see Appendix A).
- RAID volumes made of ATA (IDE) / SATA / SCSI HDDs (surface tests only).
- USB Flash (pen drives) – surface tests only.
- SATA / ATA SSD – solid state drives.
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Storage device tests:
- Verification in linear mode – fastest way to determine if your drive needs data rescue, has recoverable errors or in its perfect shape.
- Reading in linear mode – same as verification but also transfers data to the host.
- Erasing in linear mode.
- Reading in Butterfly mode (synthetic random read).
S.M.A.R.T.:
- Reading and analyzing SMART parameters from ATA/SATA/USB/FireWire HDD.
- Reading and analyzing Log Pages from SCSI HDD.
- SMART tests running on ATA/SATA/USB/FireWire HDD.
- Temperature monitor for ATA/SATA/USB/FireWire/SCSI HDD.
Additional features:
- Reading and analyzing identity information from ATA/SATA/USB/FireWire/SCSI HDD.
- Changing AAM, APM, PM parameters on ATA/SATA/USB/FireWire HDD.
- Reporting defect information on SCSI HDD.
- Spindle start/stop function on ATA/SATA/USB/FireWire/SCSI HDD.
- Reports can be saved in MHT format.
- Reports can be printed.
- Command line support.
- SSD SMART and Identity reports.
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Requirements:
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- Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2003 (with restrictions), Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10.
- The program should not be run from a read-only device/media.